JAMAICA, Va. – Brandon Overton is $50,000 richer after winning the FASTRAK World Championship for crate dirt late models on Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway.
Making a rare appearance in a crate late model, had the dominant car most of the weekend. Finishes of first and second in his heat races gave him a front row starting position, which he happily took advantage of.
He overtook polesitter Logan Roberson early in the race and then held off Ross Bailes during several restarts to take the checkered flag in the 75-lap feature.
Bailes ended up second, followed by Trent Ivey, Justin Williams and Roberson.
The finish:
Brandon Overton, Ross Bailes, Trent Ivey, Justin Williams, Logan Roberson, Michael Brown, Mark Whitener, Dillon Brown, Ches Chester, Kyle Lukon, Tyler Bare, Jimmy Sharpe Jr., Alex Ferree, Brett Hamm, Corey Dunn, Christian Hanger, Jason Fitzgerald, Corey Almond, Kyle Lear, Dale Hollidge, Donnie Dotson, Forrest Trent, Jensen Ford, Kyle Hardy, Tyler Carpenter, Russell Erwin, Clay Harris, Benji Hicks.